
Mango
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Exploring Solana Ep. 18: Loopscale Pool based lending is the default in DeFi. Loopscale is doing something different. Order book model that matches lenders and borrowers directly. I sat down with Mary Gooneratne, co-founder, to talk about the future of lending on Solana 👇 00:00 Intro & What is Loopscale? 00:22 From college CS class to building on Solana 03:33 Why they rebranded from Bridgesplit to Loopscale 07:16 Why orderbook lending vs the pool-based model 11:10 What Loopscale actually unlocks for borrowers and lenders 14:00 Closed beta learnings and what users actually wanted 18:36 What is Loops 2.0, and what changed 21:10 Expanding into RWAs and real-world borrowers 25:00 Solana DeFi is only 1% of what it could be 28:57 Biggest milestone for 2026
Mango33,604 views • 16 days ago

I spent the past 3 hours working with Colosseum's Copilot, but WHY? To review all 2,858 projects and let Copilot decide the Top 10. Here are the results, and I bet they’re nothing like what you expect 👇 #1: Mosaic 🇹🇷 > Why? The only proof-system-agnostic ZK verifier on Solana L1, supports Groth16, PLONK, Halo2, STARKs, and folding schemes in one API. Concrete engineering: Groth16 at 84K CU. Every other ZK project in this hackathon becomes easier if Mosaic exists. #2: SAK / SAK 🇮🇪 > Why? Simulates every AI agent transaction in LiteSVM against 2,010 rules before it ever gets signed, a pre-sign kill switch. This is the correct safety architecture for autonomous agents handling real money, and no one else in 2,858 projects built it. #3: AgentTrust / AgentTrust 🇮🇳 > Why? Formally verified with Kani (6 invariants), already composing with live Quantu programs on mainnet, and ships an MCP server, meaning it plugs natively into Claude's tool-use ecosystem. Formal verification in a hackathon project is exceptionally rare. #4: Anneal / Anneallab 🇸🇬 > Why? Private OTC options negotiated by AI agents, with ZK-sealed bids settling on Solana in ~10 seconds. The only 6-person team in the top 10, targeting an uncrowded niche (private DeFi, crowd score 270 vs 325 for generic AI agents). #5: OBLIQ / Gunaseelan 🇮🇳 > Why? The team claims 450M+ sponsored transactions, 29M users, and $12B cross-chain volume from a prior product, the strongest real-world execution signal in the entire dataset. Gasless cross-chain onboarding solves a friction point every Solana dApp faces. #6: Veritas 🇮🇳 > Why? AI agents stake SOL as collateral, generate ZK proofs of policy compliance per action, and get slashed automatically on violations, no human needed. Staking-based accountability is the right economic design; no other project in the list got this far. #7: Keymint 🇮🇳 > Why? Wraps any HTTP API as an x402 endpoint, charging agents per request in USDC with an on-chain audit PDA. Same wienerlabs team as Mosaic, two complementary primitives (ZK verification + API monetization) from one high-quality team. #8: Chord / Chord 🇮🇪 > Why? Lets a Solana smart contract trigger any Web2 API, OpenAI, Stripe, Slack, Salesforce, in a single line of code, abstracting the entire custom oracle stack. It's the cleanest solution to the "smart contracts can't call the internet" problem in the dataset. #9: Herald Protocol / Herald Protocol 🇳🇬 > Why? Delivers DeFi notifications (liquidations, order fills, governance) via email/Telegram/SMS without exposing wallet identity on-chain, using AWS Nitro Enclaves and ZK compressed delivery receipts. Every protocol needs alerting; nobody else solved the privacy half of it. #10: WorkChain / Aditya chotaliya 🇮🇳 Why? USDC escrow that unlocks automatically when an AI verifier confirms the work is done,no human approval, no disputes. The thesis is sharp and timed perfectly: as AI agents do real work, payment rails that verify agent output become essential infrastructure. What do you think of these Copilot choices?
Mango12,578 views • 13 days ago

Exploring Solana Ep. 14: Titan Cross-assets trading is essential for onchain users. Users demand fast execution and the best rates. Titan is building it today on Solana. I met with Rocky Chris | Titan, co-founder, to discuss their journey, vision, DART, and more 👇 00:00 Intro & What is Titan Exchange? 00:55 From hedge fund to building on Solana 02:15 The gap Jupiter wasn't filling 05:10 Why Solana despite the competition 08:51 Pre-seed to seed round journey 11:02 DART, world's first on-chain router 16:34 Why everyone wants to integrate Titan 22:47 Building through the bear market 31:05 Most exciting thing on Solana right now 33:50 Biggest milestone for 2026
Mango37,334 views • 2 months ago

Exploring Solana Ep. 1: RECC Finance Tokenized real estate might be one of the most intriguing sectors to explore right now, and RECC Finance is leading the way. I sat down with Ale Watters to discuss all things real estate on Solana and what's in store for the future 👇 00:03 Intro 01:38 Inspiration behind RECC 04:17 What’s different about RECC 06:40 Management & Property types 12:30 Where does the yield come from? 16:10 Bear Market 23:01 Points & Token 26:28 RWA challenges 32:55 RECC goals for next year 35:01 Expansion 36:20 Outro
Mango92,670 views • 6 months ago

Exploring Solana Ep. 10: deBridge Moving assets across chains should be simple, yet it rarely is. deBridge is building the infrastructure to make cross-chain trading seamless. I sat down with deAlex, co-founder, to talk all things bridges, Solana expansion & beyond 👇 00:00 Introduction 03:00 Dropped PhD for crypto 10:26 CEX froze funds & idea of deBridge 12:28 Chainlink hackathon 19:45 Zero TVL = nothing to hack 27:07 Why Solana changed everything 40:41 No more front-running with Bundles 51:43 $100M daily volume & biggest DeFi integration coming
Mango33,390 views • 2 months ago

Exploring Solana Ep. 2: DefiTuna DeFiTuna had an insane year, creating the ultimate liquidity-providing experience, launching the TUNA token, and more. I met up with the founder, Dhirk 🦣, to uncover the original story behind the idea and what's next for Solana 👇 00:00 Intro 01:59 Idea behind DeFiTuna 07:35 Advantages 12:15 Revenue Share 14:56 Governance 17:03 How to survive a bear market 27:37 Expanding beyond Solana 28:43 Biggest challenges 30:47 Goals for next year
Mango57,547 views • 6 months ago

Exploring Solana Ep. 4: OnRe Alternative RWA yield-bearing tokens dominated Q3 & Q4. OnRe brings tokenized reinsurance and has already reached over $69M in AUM. I met with Ayyan Rahman, co-founder, to discuss ONyc token, and reinsurance tokenization on Solana 👇 00:00 Intro 4:17 Idea behind OnRe 6:54 Ecosystem 12:17 Where does yield come from 15:55 Why Solana 19:30 Future expansion beyond Solana 23:20 Bear market 26:03 RWA challenges on Solana
Mango41,321 views • 5 months ago

Exploring Solana Ep. 6: Huma Finance 🟣 2025 was big for DeFi and stables. Now, Solana users are turning to Huma Finance for PayFi and yield backed by real-world payments. I sat down with Erbil, co-founder of Huma, to discuss everything DeFi, RWA, stables, and beyond 👇 00:00 Intro & Team background 03:08 Going full time into crypto 06:48 Origin of PayFi 10:19 How Huma Finance works 15:20 PayFi as a new DeFi category 18:43 Volume & Visa comparison 22:58 Bear market advantage 31:40 Huma's goals for the future
Mango22,555 views • 3 months ago

Exploring Solana Ep. 9: Project 0 Today, DeFi offers a wide range of venues for users to choose from, but managing them all at once can be tough. Project 0 is fixing exactly that... I met with MacBrennan | P0, founder, to talk about Solana DeFi, their product, and beyond 👇 00:00 Intro & Project 0 overview 01:18 What is a DeFi Prime Broker? 03:21 Hedge fund & Morgan Stanley 07:06 From MarginFi to Project 0 09:51 Why DeFi needs a prime broker 12:58 1-click yield & rate carry trades 18:06 Ultimate vision for Project 0 20:36 0 Pay: spend your DeFi portfolio IRL 27:20 Traction, TVL & growth update 35:25 Vision & What's next
Mango16,715 views • 2 months ago
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